The Charles B. Wang Center Fall 2016 Cultural Programs Pho t o b y H ea her Walsh
Dear Friends,
The Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University is a unique cultural center devoted to promoting Asian art and culture. Founded in 2002, we are widely renowned for the remarkable quality, quantity, and variety of our exhibitions and programs. Thus we are proud to be able to provide high-quality exhibitions and other cultural offerings through- out the year.
The Center is fortunate to have the scholarly support of many international collaborators for our current exhibition, The Power and Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens. This exhibit is dedicated to chaekgeori, a fascinating genre of Korean still-life painting devoted to Image Credit (front and back cover) book culture dating back to the eighteenth century and still Chaekgeori with the Scholar’s Accoutrements, from late eighteenth-century Korea. Ten-panel screen, ink and color on paper. 78 (H)x 151 (W) inches. Private Collection. influencing many artists today. We are grateful to the Korea Foundation for their enthusiastic organizing of this exhibition and for supporting the publication of the exhibition catalogue. We also extend our thanks to Gallery Hyundai for generously lending us masterpieces sourced from many individual collectors.
In addition, our goal to more completely represent various Asian cultures has been significantly aided by an exciting and eclectic mix of programming featuring Chinese Peking opera, a shadow puppet performance of Jataka, and our own celebration of Diwali. We will also be offering a series of lectures and hands-on art workshops on origami and other crafts. 4 6 We hope you will join us! 14 18 22 24 34 Jinyoung Jin 36 Director of Cultural Programs
3 9/29 Lecture | FROM EUROPE TO KOREA: 11:30 am THE MARVELOUS JOURNEY OF COLLECTiBLES Fall ‘16 IN PAINTING Exhibitions Theatre 9/29 ART CRAWL | CURATOR’S TOUR 4:20 pm Skylight Gallery
Thursday, 9/29 | 5 PM | Skylight Gallery 9/29 Fall 2016 Exhibitions Opening Reception 5 pm Skylight Gallery THE POWER AND PLEASURE OF POSSESSIONS IN KOREAN WORKSHOP | ORIGAMI HEAVEN 1 pm PAINTED SCREENS Lecture Hall II ON VIEW 9/29–12/23 10/5 FASHION ORIGAMI Skylight Gallery 10/12 FOLDING AUTUMN LEAVES Space Drawing 10/13 FABRIC TESSELLATIONS by Sun K. Kwak 10/19 ORIGAMI ANIMALS Long Term Installation Theatre Gallery 10/26 CUTE (KAWAII) ORIGAMI
10/7, 21, 28 WORKSHOP | MAKING MY OWN BOOK BAG 1 pm WITH KOREAN CHAEKGEORI PAINTING Chapel
10/8 WORKSHOP | TRICK OR TREAT: Mitsuko’s Garden: A bit of 1:30 pm SHADOW PUPPET MAKING Kyoto in Stony Brook Theatre Lobby Long Term Installation Garden View Gallery 10/8 PERFORMANCE | JATAKA: FOUR FABLES 4 pm OF THE LIVES OF THE BUDDHA IN SHADOW PUPPETRY Theatre
10/12 FILM | CHONGQING HOT POT 5:30 pm Theatre 9/21 Workshop | 1 pm TAPE DRAWING WITH SUN K. KWAK 11/2 LECTURE | ORIGAMI HEAVEN: 1 PM Chapel MODULAR ORIGAMI & KIRIGAMI WITH FELTRO Theatre, Theatre Lobby
9/23 Workshop | 11/2 Festival | DIWALI: LIGHTS UP 1 pm PEKING OPERA 5:30 PM Chapel, Theatre Lobby COSTUME DRESS-UP Theatre Lobby 11/11 CONFERENCE | DIVERSE TECHNIQUES OF 11:30 AM ASIAN ARTs AND CRAFTS 9/23 Performance | 6 pm CHINESE PEKING Lecture Hall I OPERA & MAGIC SHOW 11/16 FILM | THE MONKEY KING 2 Theatre 5:30 PM Theatre
5 Opening Reception THURSDAY, SEPT 29 at 5 PM
Skylight Gallery Free and Open to the Public RSVP at thewangcenter.org
The Power and Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens Skylight Gallery
The Power and Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens explores the genre of Korean still-life painting known as chaekgeori. Chaekgeori was one of the most enduring and prolific art forms of Korea’s Joseon dynasty (1392–1910), and it emphasizes books and other material commodities as symbolic embodiments of knowledge, power, and social reform. Today, a diverse body of artists continues this tradition into the twenty-first century, coming together to examine modern Korean society and its social, cultural, and political attitudes and ideals. Drawing on a long artistic lineage and making comparisons to the traditional form and objectives of chaekgeori with the works of contemporary artists (including Seongmin Ahn, Kyoungtack Hong, Airan Kang, Youngshik Kim, Stephanie S. Lee, Sungpa, and Patrick Hughes), this exhibition facilitates a better understanding of a still changing Korean society, from the ascetic Confucian Joseon era to the hyper-materialistic culture of today. All of the screens are on loan from both private collections and Korean national institutions, including the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art; the Seoul Museum; the Korean Folk Village; the Chosun Minhwa Museum; and the Gahoe Museum. The exhibition is curated by Jinyoung Jin (Director of Cultural Programs, Charles B. Wang Center), Sooa Im McCormick (Assistant Curator of Asian Art, Cleveland Museum of Art), and Kris Imants Ercums (Curator of Global Contemporary and Asian Art, Spencer Museum of Art). E xh ibiti ons The exhibition is organized by Byungmo Chung (Gyeongju University) and Sunglim Kim (Dartmouth College), and co-hosted by the Korea Foundation and Gallery Hyundai. On View September 29 — December 23, 2016 Image Credit: Chaekgeori with the Scholar’s Accoutrements, from late eighteenth-century Korea. Six-panel screen, ink and color on silk. 52 (H) x 21 (W) inches (each panel). Collection of the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art The Power and Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted The Power and Pleasure Screens is the first international exhibition to focus on the theme of chaekgeori (literally, “books and things”) painting in of Possessions in a comprehensive manner and to explore this genre’s artistic, social, historical, and cross-cultural significance in early Korean Painted Screens modern East Asian visual culture. With possible origins in On View September 29 — December 23, 2016 the traditional Renaissance studioli, chaekgeori screens are Skylight Gallery the first Korean works of art to employ the European trompe l’oeil technique and the other Western techniques such
Related Programs as modeling and linear perspective. The exhibition showcases twenty-four visually stunning chaekgeori screens from the LECTURE | From Europe to Korea: The Marvelous Journey of eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as well as the works of Collectibles in Painting | Sept 29, 11:30 AM | THEATRE (PAGE 19) contemporary artists Seongmin Ahn, Kyoungtack Hong, ART CRAWL | Curator’s Tour | Sept 29, 4:20 PM | SKYLIGHT Airan Kang, Youngshik Kim, Stephanie S. Lee, Sungpa, and GALLERY Patrick Hughes. By drawing on the lineage of chaekgeori and making comparisons to the traditional form with modern WORKSHOP | Making My Own Book Bag with Korean Chaekgeori Painting | Oct 7, 21, 28, 1 PM | CHAPEL (PAGE 30) examples, the exhibition facilitates a better understanding of Korean society that, from Confucian Joseon to the hyper-materialistic culture of today, is in constant flux.
Image Credit: Kyoungtack Hong, Library-Mt. Everest, 2014. Acrylic and oil on linen. 76 (H) x 101 (W) inches
8 New York-based Korean American artist Sun K. Kwak’s canvas is architectural space and her primary medium is black masking tape. Kwak achieves the effect of Space painterly strokes by tearing away tape from the surfaces of architectural spaces. Her sprawling freehand strokes weave designs over surfaces to dramatic effect. Kwak creates a site-specific installation at the Charles B. Wang Center Drawing by creating lines that liberate the space, and in doing By Sun K. Kwak so, transforms the space into a new pictorial reality. Theatre Gallery
The Charles B. Wang Center thanks Shurtape for its donation of materials in support of this exhibition.
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WORKSHOP | Tape Drawing with Sun K. Kwak | Sept 21, 1 PM | On View CHAPEL (PAGE 24) Long-Term Installation Photo by Heather Walsh
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Expand your definition of what an exhibition can be with Explore History: Objects from Asia, a project that examines Asian and Asian American material culture. A collaborative exhibition curated by faculty, students, and community members, Explore History gives the Charles B. Wang Center’s contributors an opportunity to display their own heritages and experiences.
Please visit our website and make your contribution!
MITSUKO’S GARDEN A BIT OF KYOTO IN STONY BROOK
Garden View Gallery
In 1971, sociology professor O. Andrew Collver began building a Japanese garden in his backyard near the SBU campus for his wife Mitsuko Watanabe (1932–2015), who missed her family in Kyoto, Japan. On display are pictures of the garden and the couple, a miniature model of Mitsuko’s garden, and the couple’s love letters from 1953, the year Mr. Collver first met his wife in Kyoto during his army service in South Korea. Since Mitsuko’s death in 2015 from Alzheimer’s disease, Professor Collver has been looking for a way to keep the garden alive not only as a memorial to her but also as a little bit of Japan that people of all backgrounds will be able to learn from and enjoy for many years to come.
On View Long-Term Installation Photo Credit: Mitsuko and Andrew Collver with the Happy Coat, 1954
13 SEPT 23 at 6 PM Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Admission: $10 (General) $5 (Students/Seniors) and Magic Show FREE for children under 12 Tickets at thewangcenter.org To celebrate Global Confucius Day, the Confucius Institute at Stony Brook University will present a Peking opera. Peking
Presented in partnership opera is a form of traditional Chinese theatre that combines with the Confucius Institute music, vocal performance, dance, and magic tricks. It was at Stony Brook University. extremely popular in the court of the Qing dynasty (1644– 1912) and has come to be regarded as a Chinese cultural treasure. With its elaborate and colorful costumes, the repertoire of Peking opera includes over 1,400 works, many of which are based on Chinese history, folklore, and, increasingly, contemporary life.
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WORKSHOP | Chinese Peking Opera Dress-Up | Sept 23, 1 PM | Theatre Lobby (PAGE 27) Per f orman c es
15 Jataka: Four Fables of the Lives of the Buddha in Shadow Puppetry
French puppet masters Caroline Borderies and Maud OCT 8 at 4 PM Aptekar bring another fantastic show to the Wang Center. Theatre Using their shadow puppets, they interpret classical Buddhist Admission: $10 (General) Jataka tales with their own distinctive French flair. Narrated $5 (Students/Seniors) by an elephant, a parrot, and a golden peacock, the Jataka FREE for children under 12 Tickets at thewangcenter.org tales are stories of the Buddha’s past lives. The show will offer simple yet powerful lessons in living with honesty, wisdom, and compassion that are sure to touch the hearts and minds of young and older audiences alike. Related Programs
WORKSHOP | Trick or Treat: Shadow Puppet Making | Oct 8, 1:30 PM | THEATRE LOBBY (PAGE 32)
17 Presented in partnership with SEPT 29 at 11:30 AM the Center for Korean Studies at Stony Brook University. Theatre Free Admission RSVP at thewangcenter.org
From Europe to Korea: The Marvelous Journey of Collectibles in Painting By Dr. Sunglim Kim, Prof. of Art History at Dartmouth College
Dr. Sunglim Kim will explore the European origins of the genre of Korean still-life painting known as chaekgeori (“books and things”), and how these European influences were transmitted to Korea through Jesuit missionaries in Beijing, China. She will also examine how Koreans eventually developed the theme in a creative and distinctive manner within their own storied, long-standing painting tradition, making it their own.
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EXHIBITION | The Power and Pleasure of Possessions in
L e ct ures Korean Painted Screens | Sept 29 — Dec 23, 2016 | SKYLIGHT GALLERY (PAGE 6)
WORKSHOP | Making My Own Book Bag with Korean Chaekgeori Painting | Oct 7, 21, 28, 1 PM | CHAPEL (PAGE 30)
Image Credit: Chaekgeori with the Scholar’s Accoutrements, from late eighteenth-century Korea. Six-panel screen, ink and color on silk. 52 (H) x 21 (W) inches (each panel). Collection of the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art
19 Presented with the support NOV 2 at 1 PM of the Japan Center at Stony Brook University. Theatre, Theatre Lobby Free Admission RSVP at thewangcenter.org Modular Origami & Kirigami with Feltro By Sam Kennedy
Experiment with modular origami (folding) and kirigami (cutting) with Feltro, magnetic felt tiles. Feltro is an interactive SUPPORTER OF CULTURAL PROGRAMS AT THE CHARLES B. WANG CENTER construction toy and adaptable interior design product invented by Sam Kennedy that can be manipulated to create three-dimensional shapes, models, buildings, and even THE JAPAN CENTER clothing. Kennedy will speak about the origins of the product’s design and the development of his playful and iterative design process, accompanied with an interactive workshop. The Japan Center 1046 Humanities Bldg. All ages are welcome. Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794-5343 Related Programs www.stonybrook.edu/japancenter WORKSHOP | Origami Heaven | Oct 5, 12, 13, 19, 26, 1 PM | PHONE: (631) 632-9477 EMAIL: [email protected] LECTURE HALL II (PAGE 28)
21 NOV 11 at 11:30 AM
Lecture Hall I Free Admission RSVP at thewangcenter.org
DIVERSE TECHNIQUES OF ASIAN ART AND CRAFTS
As part of the SUNY Innovative Instructional Technology Grant (IITG), Scheduled Hands-on Workshops Professor Kyunghee Pyun of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) Admission: Free and Open to the Public is developing a website focused on 2:00–2:30 PM Lacquer by Gen Saratani Asian art and crafts, complete with video links, podcasts, online lectures, 2:30–3:00 PM Chinese Paper Cutting by Xin Song and a database of practitioners in 3:10–3:40 PM Korean Knots by Karen Ahn collaboration with other SUNY insti- 3:40–4:10 PM Japanese Floral Arrangement by Toyomi Shibahara tutions, such as the Charles B. Wang Center and SUNY Old Westbury’s (* Please note that workshop schedule is subject to change.) Amelie A. Wallace Gallery.
A group of selected participants, including researchers of Asian art, scholars of Asian American studies, art museum curators, and artists will discuss a design for this website; explain and demonstrate several artistic techniques; and plan a pedagogical application of the project for each institution.
The conference is sponsored by the SUNY Innovative Instructional Technology Grant (IITG),
Con f eren c e and co-organized by the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and SUNY Old Westbury’s Amelie A. Wallace Gallery.
23 SEPT 21 at 1 PM Chapel Tape Drawing Admission: $20 (General) $10 (Students/Seniors) Fee includes all materials with Sun K. Kwak Tickets at thewangcenter.org Feeling inspired by the Space Drawing at the Theatre Gallery? Tap into your own creativity in this special workshop. Experiment with masking tape and practice the art techniques that helped create Sun K. Kwak’s stunning Related Programs exhibition. Kwak will talk about her choice of medium and offer a hands-on tape drawing workshop, revealing EXHIBITION | Space Drawing by Sun K. Kwak | Long-term Installation | how she creates the illusion of volume and space with THEATRE GALLERY (PAGE 10) unconventional materials. Tape and cardboard in a variety of sizes and colors will be provided. No art background is necessary. Photo by Heather Walsh Wor k sho p s
24 Presented in partnership SEPT 23 at 1 PM with the Confucius Institute at Stony Brook University. Theatre Lobby Free Admission RSVP at thewangcenter.org Chinese Peking Opera Dress-Up
SUPPORTER OF CULTURAL PROGRAMS AT THE CHARLES B. WANG CENTER The allure of Peking opera is enhanced by striking costumes and makeup. Prior to the Peking opera performance, THE CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE audience will have an opportunity to try on the highly stylized headpieces and brightly colored robes.
THE CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE Charles B. Wang Center, First Floor Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794-3397 Related Programs www.stonybrook.edu/confucius PHONE: (631) 632-5477 PERFORMANCE | Chinese Peking Opera and Magic Show | EMAIL: [email protected] Sept 23, 6 PM | Theatre (PAGE 14)
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Lecture Hall II Admission: Presented with the support Individual Workshop: $10 (General) of the Japan Center at $5 (Students/Seniors) Stony Brook University. All Five Workshops: $30 (General) $15 (Students/Seniors) Fee includes all materials Tickets at thewangcenter.org
Origami WedneSDAY OCT 5 Fashion Origami by Sok Song
WedneSDAY OCT 12 Folding Autumn Leaves by Talo Kawasaki heaven tHURSDAY OCT 13 Fabric Tessellations by Thomas Crain Paper is powerful, and origami is one of the most skillful WedneSDAY OCT 19 techniques to fully display this medium’s qualities. Transform Origami Animals by Shrikant Iyer a simple sheet of paper into a runway-ready outfit (Oct. 5) or a fallen leaf (Oct. 12). Explore sophisticated and modern WedneSDAY OCT 26 pattern techniques using tessellations with fabric (Oct. 13), Cute (Kawaii) Origami by Tricia Tait or revisit the roots of traditional origami by creating paper animals (Oct. 19). Or maybe you just want to experience for yourself the cute, “kawaii” side of origami (Oct. 26). With origami masters Sok Song, Talo Kawasaki, Thomas Crain, Shrikant Iyer, and Tricia Tait, you’ll be able to do all this and more. Everything you need to create one- of-kind origami is provided—all you have to do is fold!
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LECTURE | Origami Heaven: Modular Origami & Kirigami with Feltro | Nov 2, 1 PM | THEATRE (PAGE 21)
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Chapel Admission: $30 (General) Making My $15 (Students/Seniors) Fee is for all three sessions and includes all materials Attendance is limited to 30 participants Own Book Bag Tickets at thewangcenter.org with Korean Presented with the support of the Korea Foundation. Chaekgeori Painting By Stephanie S. Lee
Chaekgeori is a term that refers to a genre of Korean still- life painting popular in the late eighteenth century Joseon dynasty. These paintings focus in particular on books and other valuable goods. Stephanie S. Lee is a participating artist in the current exhibition, The Power and Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens. Lee will host a hands-on workshop, creating chaekgeori painting on a bookbag. Participants will also be introduced to the basic history of the Korean folk art and the ethical integrity central to the ideal Confucian scholar.
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EXHIBITION | The Power and Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens | Sept 29 – Dec 23 | SKYLIGHT GALLERY (PAGE 6)
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Theatre Admission: $10 (General) $5 (Students/Seniors) FREE for children under 12 Tickets at thewangcenter.org Trick or Treat Shadow Puppet Making
Acclaimed French puppet masters Caroline Borderies and Maud Aptekar will host a hands-on workshop before their SUPPORTER OF CULTURAL PROGRAMS AT THE CHARLES B. WANG CENTER performance of Jataka: Four Fables of the Lives of the Bishembarnath and Sheela Mattoo Buddha in Shadow Puppetry. Participants will be introduced to the mechanics, techniques, and history of shadow CENTER FOR INDIA STUDIES puppetry, preparing them for a deeper appreciation of the performance to follow. It’s also a great afternoon activity for kids! Workshop participants make puppets in the shape of THE MATTOO CENTER FOR INDIA STUDIES E5350 Frank Melville Library traditional Halloween figures such as witches, cats, ghosts, Stony Brook University and bats, as well as the animals featured in the performance. Stony Brook, NY 11794-3386
Related Programs www.stonybrook.edu/india PHONE: (631) 632-9742 PERFORMANCE | Jataka: Four Fables of the Lives of the Buddha EMAIL: [email protected] in Shadow Puppetry | Oct 8, 4 PM | THEATRE (PAGE 16)
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Presented in partnership Presented in partnership OCT 12 at 5:30 PM with the Confucius Institute NOV 16 at 5:30 PM with the Confucius Institute at Stony Brook University. at Stony Brook University. Theatre Theatre Free Admission Free Admission RSVP at thewangcenter.org RSVP at thewangcenter.org Chongqing Hot pot The Monkey King 2 (2016 | 94 minutes | Drama | Directed by Yang Qing) (2011 | 120 minutes | Fantasy | Directed by Cheang Pou-Soi)
From director Yang Qing comes Chongqing Hot Pot, the Five hundred years years after the Havoc in Heaven, the official opening night film at the Hong Kong Film Festival. Tang Priest is appointed by Buddha to go to the West to Three friends open a hot pot restaurant in a former bomb fetch the sacred scriptures, only to accidentally free the shelter and discover that a single wall separates them Monkey King. With Lady White (Gong Li) aiming to break from the bank vault next door. While deciding whether up the group assembled to defeat her, the Monkey King to take the easy money or go to the police, they find out must fight in order to save the world! that one of the bank’s employees is a former classmate of theirs and look to enlist her in deciding their future.
Introduction and Q&A by Prof. E. K. Tan, Associate Professor of Comparative Introduction and Q&A by Prof. E. K. Tan, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Department of Cultural Analysis & Theory Literature and Cultural Studies, Department of Cultural Analysis & Theory
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5:30–6:30 PM, CHAPEL for worship ritual 6:30–7:00 PM, THEATRE LOBBY for light procession Free Admission Diwali RSVP at thewangcenter.org
Presented with the Mattoo Center for India Studies at Lights Up! Stony Brook University.
Diwali is a festival of lights and India’s most important holiday. It marks the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology. This joyous festival is celebrated by South Asians all over the world. People celebrate good fortune by lighting millions of lamps and exchanging sweets. Please join us for a puja (traditional worship ritual), and afterwards walk in a procession of lights and enjoy Indian sweets. al Fes tiv
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Chinese New Year Africans in India Celebrating the Year of Rooster From Slaves to Generals to Rulers On View March 8 — May 6, 2017 Join us in saying goodbye to the Year of the Monkey and welcoming the Year of the Rooster at the Wang Center’s Skylight Gallery signature Lunar New Year Festival. The highlights of the festivities are the annual Chinese New Year performance Curated by Dr. Sylviane A. Diouf of the New York Public and family reunion dinner offered by the Confucius Library’s Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute and Institute. The performance includes a must-see magic Kenneth X. Robbins, a collector and expert in Indian art, this show, Chinese dance, Chinese folk songs, and Peking groundbreaking exhibition retraces the lives and achievements opera. The celebration also offers traditional Lunar New of Africans in the Indian subcontinent from the sixteenth to Year craft activities, including calligraphy demonstrations, the twentieth centuries. This exhibition, the first of its kind, face painting, paper cutting, and much more. Enjoy our features over 100 photographic reproductions of paintings cultural offerings and stay late for our grand finale dinner. and contemporary photographs documenting the lives and achievements of some of the East African diaspora in India, known as Habshis and Siddis. FEB 4, 2017 at 3 PM
3:00–5:00 PM Family Activities Presented in partnership Chapel, Theater Lobby This exhibition is presented in partnership with the Mattoo with the Confucius Institute Center for India Studies and supported by the Humanities 3:00–5:00 PM Chinese Performances at Stony Brook University. Institute and the Faculty of Arts, Department of History and Theatre Social Sciences at Stony Brook University. 5:00–6:00 PM Dinner Zodiac Lobby Image Credit: African musicians and guards at the court of Prince Lakpatji, Kutch. The Kenneth and Joyce Robbins Collection.
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